Beef Wellington Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 50 mins
Ready Time: 80 mins
Cooking Method: Roasting
Difficulty: easy

Ingredients

800gm Beef Tenderloin eye fillet
400gm Wine barrel smoked mushrooms
400gm Gourmet Direct Puff Pastry
3 egg yolks
2-3 white bread slices, crusts trimmed off

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C

Heat some oil in a large pan and quickly fry the seasoned beef all over until it’s brown.

Remove and allow to cool.

Roll out the pastry quite thinly to a size which will cover your beef.

Spread the mushrooms evenly in the centre of the pastry.

Place the beef fillet on top of the mushrooms.

Place pieces of white bread on top of of the fillet (this will become the bottom) to soak up the juices from the fillet when cooking and keep the pastry nice and flaky.

Roll up the pastry over the fillet.

Whisk together two egg yolks and brush over the pastry join.

Trim any excess pastry off the ends and fold neatly to enclose the beef.

Place on baking tray with the bread side down

Trim left over pastry into thin strips, brush egg wash over fillet, weave strips in to a lattice pattern and brush with egg wash a final time.

Place into a pre heated 200°C oven for 35 – 40 minutes.

Remove from oven and rest for 10 – 15 minutes.

Carve and enjoy!